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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008) cover art

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)

Frogwares · 2009-08-06

SteamGOG

Adventure

Franchise: Sherlock Holmes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 04, 2013 (iOS), Aug 06, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Sherlock Holmes series returns with this updated version of The Awakened, which brings a whole new dimension to the original title developed by Frogwares. The game puts the player into an investigation of the Cthulhu Mythos - as imagined by Father of modern horror, H.P. Lovecraft.

7
playing now
74%
positive of 902 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
7.8h
to beat · rushed 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is an adventure video game developed by Frogwares and published in 2006 for Windows. The game follows an original plotline as Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson investigate a series of strange disappearances related to the Cthulhu Mythos.

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  • · Top 32% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 36k–72k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 902 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GamesPlanet UK (2024-08-02) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 35 of 59 observed days · $0.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1202026-08-06 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.632015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-09-27 — best price $2.492017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $2.492018-09-20 — best price $2.502018-12-13 — best price $2.492019-02-18 — best price $9.992019-05-13 — best price $3.992019-08-27 — best price $2.492019-11-28 — best price $2.492020-01-25 — best price $9.912020-03-16 — best price $2.492020-05-26 — best price $7.342020-06-29 — best price $2.502020-08-04 — best price $9.992020-09-16 — best price $8.892020-10-17 — best price $8.892020-11-21 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-01-28 — best price $8.892021-02-25 — best price $2.502021-03-29 — best price $9.992021-05-05 — best price $9.992021-06-16 — best price $9.992021-08-25 — best price $8.892022-01-06 — best price $8.992022-04-21 — best price $9.752022-08-05 — best price $1.482022-11-23 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $1.992023-08-14 — best price $1.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-16 — best price $0.992024-07-24 — best price $1.192024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-05-07 — best price $0.992025-09-25 — best price $0.992026-02-18 — best price $0.992026-05-30 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish

Player tags

HorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveFirst-PersonLovecraftianSingleplayerThird PersonInvestigation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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